Top 15 Reasons NOT to go into Nursing

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If you were to make reasons to not go into nursing, what would they be?

When I interviewed a nurse, his number one reason was MONEY.

1. Money

What are some additional reasons?

The corporate nature of healthcare and hospital as profit-generating entity.

For ambulatory care nurse practitioners (and PA's, physicians): being seen as a "producer" based on how many patients you see per day. 20? 25? Regardless of acuity or need for teaching.

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You probably shouldn't go into nursing if you sit around and think about reasons not to go into nursing.

It beats a student who blindly goes into it thinking (s)he will be into a career of appreciation and fluffing pillows. >.> It's a life-changing decision.

To be even honest...Questioning it is a GOOD thing. It gives a sense of what to expect...and it's better that a student asks questions in all aspects. Nothing wrong with it. I would think it may be deadly if a student never questioned anything - especially if it's a student in healthcare or heavy labored jobs.

What is so wrong with asking this question?:igtsyt::w00t:

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Don't go into nursing expecting gratitude or appreciation. You are going to get yelled at and insulted by staff, patients and family just for doing your job.

And don't nurse because you want to help people feel better; sometimes you are going to hurt them. You are going be poking pieces of steel into them, tubes into every orifice, making them move when they don't wanna, and won't always be able to control pain.

So true..at some point we all start our nursing career thinking we will be part of some heroic acts and our patients will be greatful and appreciative..but then we learn it the hard way that MOST patients dont really care who and why someone is taking care of them,many patients are actually irritated by hospital staff disturbing them...go into nursing with a realistic mind,I mean there will be some things you will be proud of,but prepare to spend most of your time on negotiating with a family members,running around fullfiling doctors order,deal with crappy managers and co-workers etc...nursing is not what some people expect it to be..at the end of a day it is just a job not some calling,not nowdays anyway

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It beats a student who blindly goes into it thinking (s)he will be into a career of appreciation and fluffing pillows. >.> It's a life-changing decision.

To be even honest...Questioning it is a GOOD thing. It gives a sense of what to expect...and it's better that a student asks questions in all aspects. Nothing wrong with it. I would think it may be deadly if a student never questioned anything - especially if it's a student in healthcare or heavy labored jobs.

What is so wrong with asking this question?:igtsyt::w00t:

Nothing wrong with asking this question (or any question for that matter). But if you ask a 1000 people why or why not to do something you'll get a 1000 different answers and you still won't truly know until you experience it first hand.

My point was this: I've worked in two other high stress careers (police officer and military) and I've seen people ***** themselves into toxicity, depression, failed marriages, and alcoholism because all they focused on was the negative aspects of their jobs. I'm a BSN student right now myself and I imagine that nursing is just like any other job: complete with good and bad parts.

How about top 15 reasons TO go into nursing?......

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I think that's a good idea, bds.

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.
Does any one else find it difficult to work with CNA's? I honestly think I would love my job a lot more if I didnt have to work with them. They are disrespectful and insubordinate. I was a nurse aide for 2 years before becoming a nurse and I dont recall ever treating the nurses the way the ones I work with do. I've only ever worked in nursing homes so I'm not sure if this is a common problem in hospitals as well or if they just act the way they do because they are burnt out? but I'm going back to school to get my RN so that I'll have more opportunities as far as careers and maybe find something where I dont have to work with them. Does any one else experience this with their CNA's? :uhoh3:

Its interesting to hear you say that CNAs are the reason why you don't like your job. I will say as a CNA who is going to be an RN in just one year I've had positive and negative experiences with my fellow CNAs. I will say that in a nursing home being a CNA is a completely thankless, back-breaking job that is treated like mindless physical grunt work and for many CNAs it feels like some nurses just want you to shut up and work like a slave. While you will find that some CNAs have mentally "checked out" and there is nothing that you can do to restore their faith in their work or improve their work ethic that is not the case with all CNAs. What you should do LPN87 is try to show your CNAs that you understand what they do and that you appreciate them and maybe if you show them that your encouraging them to think about patients (noticing the skin condition of patients and changes in things like mental status) and that the job isn't thankless or mindless. If you treat them with basic respect and you raise the bar in terms of expected patient care and overall teamwork then you might see that things work out a lot better for you.

!Chris :specs:

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how about top 15 reasons to go into nursing?......

i think the op's question is a very good and valid question. i have seen threads on here before about the top reasons to go into nursing but you rarely see the other perspective. so many people go into this profession with rose tinted glasses only to find that once they start working being a nurse isn't all it's cracked up to be. you're right, every job has positives and negatives, but in nursing i think there are more extremes of both. i don't see anything wrong with going into nursing with your eyes wide open! beats the alternative of going through school and finding a job only to think to yourself; "why did no one tell me it was going to be like this?" or "i wish i knew this before i went to school."

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Don't go into Nursing if you you think it's a JOB. It's not a job, it's a lifestyle, a profession and a complete change of attitude at times. It's not a 9-5 JOB, sometimes it's just your life.

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working holidays and weekends

This is one of the reasons I do what I do as a nurse-educator in a healthcare system-no nights, weekends, or holidays.

I DID do all of that until a little over 5 years ago-life is more balanced today but I do miss my patients, sometimes.:)

otessa

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Don't go into Nursing if you you think it's a JOB. It's not a job, it's a lifestyle, a profession and a complete change of attitude at times. It's not a 9-5 JOB, sometimes it's just your life.

I used to think nursing was my life but over the years I have understood that I have employment for personal benefit-to pay the bills, as well as professional fulfillment-just attained my MSN.

My LIFE is everything that happens outside of the personal benefit and professional fulfillment.:jester:

otessa

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Specializes in Hospice, corrections, psychiatry, rehab, LTC.
My personal pet peeve is nurses who think that now that their done with school that means they will never have to clean someone up again and that they are too good to do that kind of work.

When I graduated I took a job on an adult mental health unit. Next door was a companion geropsych unit. I was talking to the gero charge nurse when I saw one of her new RNs, a recent graduate, scurrying all over the unit to find one of the techs to clean someone up. The tech was tied up giving a shower. The RN made it very plain that she wasn't going to clean the patient up. I said to the CN, "I don't know about you, but where I went to school they taught me how to put on a pair of gloves", then I walked away. The CN told me that the RN then cleaned up the patient. I guess I embarrassed her enough that she decided to do it herself.

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Specializes in LTC, Home Health, Hospice.
If you get sick or injured, even as the result of the job, don't expect to get any support from management. They will treat you like a malingerer and don't be surprised if you get accused of faking your illness just to get drugs.

I hear you, I'm in that injured on the job boat and have been falsely accused of "faking a torn rotator cuff" even with MRI report to prove it!

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